Lavish attention on me, and entertain me!: October 2007

A few words on words.

Now that she's 19 months old, Olivia is finally realizing it is much easier to get her way by actually using words rather than by pointing and saying "eh, eh, eh" or having to make up fancy sign language. The sign language thing was funny though. It started with her pointing to her mouth for "eat", then she added shaking her fist in front of her mouth for "brush teeth", rubbing her hands on her legs for "put on lotion", squeezing her diaper for "go potty", and (my personal favorite) shaking from side to side (usually in combination with pointing at the cd player) for "please put on some music so I can get my groove on". I realized the other day that she has been adding words much more quickly and thought I would compile a list.

It all started off back in June with "shoe", a very appropriate first word for my little girly girl.

shoe, cat, dog, hi, trash, tree, truck, car, bus, eat, sit, down, potty, bye, bird, fish, button, house, hair, eye, mouth, knee, foot, bad, fly, baby, bear, bug, bath, ka-boom, book, cheese

mom, daddy, grandmom (sounds more like mom), dick (grandad)

animals she imitates when asked "what does the _____ say?":
cat, dog, cow, horse, sheep, pig, duck, monkey, bee, lion, owl

Grammie came to visit!

Alex had to go to Idaho for work for 2 whole weeks in September. I thought I would go insane on my own for two weeks (I kept telling people "Olivia I can handle, it's the dogs that will be the death of me") so Grammie came to the rescue! Here are some of the highlights:

going to the playground

eating cheese

a trip to the zoo

and last but not least, blowing bubbles
(or as Olivia says "ffffft, ffffft, ffffft)

Cookout at Uncle Jason & Aunt Karen's house!

These pics are from almost 2 months ago when we were in RI, but I'm trying to keep with chronology here. Uncle Jason & Aunt Karen were fortunate enough (or unfortunate, depending on who you ask) to move into a house with an in-ground pool last spring. While we were visiting they were nice enough to invite everyone up for a cookout.

Olivia had fun with her cousins (actually they are her third cousins, but who's counting?)
Ashley, Meghan, Zoe and Duncan